Support St. Thomas’s

St. Thomas’s Day School is a place that educates children broadly by cultivating intelligence while engaging heart and spirit. Your support enables us to offer the rich, broad-based educational experience that characterizes St. Thomas’s Day School. We depend upon the generosity of our community to sustain and advance the mission and programs of the school. A quality educational program relies on other sources of revenue in addition to tuition. There are several components of fundraising at St. Thomas’s Day School: the Annual Fund, Endowment, Spring Auction, and other events directed by the Board of Trustees.

Annual Fund Campaign

The Annual Fund campaign is a yearly fundraising effort, primarily for unrestricted gifts. Everyone in the St. Thomas’s community is included in the Annual Fund campaign. These contributions are spent in the same fiscal year in which the gift is made. Since most gifts to the St. Thomas’s Annual Fund are unrestricted, the School has the flexibility to use the funds in those areas that are critical to maintaining and enhancing the quality of our program. The School’s fiscal year runs from July 1 – June 30 and the Annual Fund campaign is initiated in the fall of each year.

The Annual Fund helps close the gap between tuition and the full cost of educating a student. Thanks to your generosity, the 2016-2017 Annual Fund campaign raised approximately $102,000 in unrestricted and temporarily restricted contributions. Special thanks to Parent Fund co-chairs Peter DiAdamo (P ’19, ’21) and Maria Markham (P ’15, ’18) for their leadership and commitment to the St. Thomas’s Day School Annual Fund.

Areas where the Annual Fund helps most:

New program initiatives

Technology and Library resources

Financial aid

Competitive compensation for faculty and staff

Student activities

Professional development

To make an online gift to the Annual Fund using our secure server, please click here.

Endowment

The Endowment contributes to the financial strength of the school. Money given to the Endowment is held in perpetuity. Income earned from investing the Endowment is used as a source of revenue for the annual operating budget. The amount of Endowment earnings that can be spent is determined by the Board of Managers of St. Thomas’s Day School.

Spring Fundraiser

Spring Fundraiser: Gifts in support of the spring auction are designated for a specific purpose. Generally, contributions to the auction are for Endowment and Scholarship Endowment. In the past, gifts to the auction also have been designated for technology, renovations to Robbins Hall, and the playgrounds.

Every gift makes a difference and participation matters. A St. Thomas’s education is one of the greatest gifts we can give to our children!

For more information about giving to St. Thomas’s Day School, please contact Danielle Plante, Director of Institutional Advancement, at 203.776.2123 or dplante@stthomasday.org.

Make a Gift Online

Thank you for your support of St. Thomas’s Day School. Your new gift, pledge, or pledge payment will be made via our secure server. We will send you an immediate confirmation of your gift. Please contact Director of Institutional Advancement Danielle Plante at dplante@stthomasday.org or 203-776-2123 x122 with any questions.